Matt Wolf is making a Soaps doc and I'd rather it be him than Burns. Even if Wolf's film is primarily about The Bold and the Beautiful.

Seeds! A film that begs to be seen in a cinema!

I wish I didn't have such a busy day so I could research the name of that place. I can picture it so well. Especially the people, like Jim Ridley, who've left us. Haven't been to TIFF since 2013 and still mainly recall the Yonge/Bloor years.

Would love to rewatch this now. I'm sure it plays differently in 2025 than it did when I saw it at NYFF in 2024. Super emotional to watch it with many of the film's participants sitting seats away from me.

Correction: Part One is five and a half hours long.

It's also one of the most famous metaphorical images from the AIDS crisis by the great radical artist David Wojnarowicz. Since Astor's film seems like a COVID movie, I'm guessing the public health crisis allusion is intentional.
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The Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio! We just had an extensive film preservation festival highlighted by a screening of a newly restored 35mm print of THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR with the Library of Congress archivist and Ivan Dixon's amazing daughter in person.

Everything is "Vince McMahon's exploding head" meme until you get to that David Koepp credit. What a buzzkill.

Tea & Sympathy!

Leigh's persona taking questions on stage is quite different than his off-stage demeanor. I had one of the loveliest dinners of my life with him (asking lots of questions about being on the Cannes jury in '97). I imagine a Maron interview is closer to being onstage than a casual dinner though.

It's a beautiful thing! Although they need to release Hard Truths, Nickel Boys, and Universal Language here already! Those (plus The Brutalist) were the ones I was most sorry to miss at NYFF and I'm paying for it every day!

Totally agree! But I thought I'm Still Here was Sony Classics. (Meanwhile, I'm still mad that May December has no US physical release.)

Thanks for the tip!

I just started The Big Picture's episode on it and it's a *much* better take. I, too, am unfashionable enough to love this misbegotten movie!

It's embarrassing how often his lyric "I'm the type of guy who says,'the puddin' is delicious'" runs through my head.

Hey Justin, I'm a film curator and love your work. I've been thinking you'd be a great guest for our film restoration festival (wexarts.org/series/cinem...) or anytime! I'm an enthusiastic writer and love those types of gigs. My letterboxd is here: letterboxd.com/leewalker/

Masking is my #1 sign that a theater actually cares.

What a proud moment!